RE: st: dump variable label value into local macro??

The immediate problem was solved, but the code shows
confusion on a basic point. Removing secondary detail,
you had
local i = 1
forvalues i = 1(1)9 {
gr hbar (mean) ... if segment2==`i'
graph export m_error`i'.pdf, replace
local i = `i' + 1
}
The initialization
local i = 1
and the incrementation
local i = `i' + 1
are both irrelevant to the -forvalues- loop.
-forvalues- initialises and increments its own counter,
regardless. Otherwise put,
forval i = 1/9 {
...
}
is equivalent to, but faster than,
local i = 1
while `i' <= 9 {
...
local i = `i' + 1
}
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
clinton.thompson@summitllc.us
> I am -forvalue-ing across values of a categorical variable w/ nine
> unique values and generating a graph for each unique value of this
> variable. This variable is numeric and i've attached a label to each
> value of this variable via -label define- and -label values-. When
> generating the graphs, I would like to use the -subtitle-
> option to denote which level of the categorical variable is being
> graphed, albeit i want the actual label value written to the
> graph, not
> the value of the macro. The abbreviated syntax follows:
> local i = 1
> forvalues i = 1(1)9 {
> gr hbar (mean) mean_abs_error mean_error_to_itd count_abs_error if
> segment2==`i' , ///
> subtitle("`i'") legend(off) ytitle("Absolute Error,
> Relative Error, &
> Project Num.") ///
> graph export m_error`i'.pdf, replace
> local i = `i' + 1
> }
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